On the training ground, the purple-red ocean dyed by Three-Tails Chakra has receded, but the humidity, heat and violence that remain in the air are still like invisible shackles, weighing on everyone's heart.
Kakashi stood there, motionless, like a statue that had lost its soul. The exposed eyes no longer had the laziness and sharpness of the past, leaving only an almost empty blankness.
His eyes were fixed on the opposite side.
There, Rin Nohara, with the support of Kisame Hoshigaki, was being carefully taken away from the venue by members of the medical team. At the moment of turning around, her eyes seemed to pass through the crowd and briefly met the eyes of Kakashi.
Those eyes were extremely complicated, containing pain, struggle, apology, and a trace of... unspeakable expectation.
In just a moment, he was completely isolated by the mask.
"Surprise..."
Kakashi's lips moved silently, and a hoarse syllable came out of his throat, as if it had been polished with sandpaper.
Is this... the surprise you were talking about, Chen?
My heart seemed to be grasped by a big invisible hand, wringing out the sour and bitter water.
Is it really her?
But why...
So many years.
If she is still alive, why doesn't she return Konoha?
If she was still alive, why didn't she tell me?
If she is still alive, why...
Countless questions turned into countless sharp steel needles, piercing into his mind and turning the world upside down.
"Let's go Kakashi, the people behind will still need to be assessed." Hatake Sakumo walked to Kakashi and put a hand on his son's shoulder.
"Yes, father." Before leaving, Kakashi looked at the girl wearing the mask again.
In the crowd on the sidelines, several members waiting for the assessment were chatting in low voices, trying to use this method to ease the tense atmosphere that was almost solidified.
"Are these 'seniors' so strong? I hope I can meet weaker 'seniors' later."
Weaker?
How is it possible...
After these three battles, will anyone still be naive enough to have this illusion?
Even Jinchūriki has appeared. Each of these 'seniors' is probably at the monster level!
The cold broadcast sound broke the silence of the training ground again.
"The fourth assessment is ready to begin."
"Candidates: Tokuma Hyuga, Sarutobi Kamiizumi."
"Examiner: Code name is 'Bone', code name is 'Curse'."
In the crowd, a Hyuga tribesman with a stern face and a Uchiha tribesman with an arrogant expression looked at each other and walked out of the team.
Tokuma Hyuga, Branch Family members of the Hyuga Clan, are famous for their superb Gentle Fist and Byakugan insights that surpass those of their peers.
The elite of Uchiha Inabi, Konoha Military Police Force, Three-Tomoe Sharingan has been opened, good at Fire Release and Genjutsu.
Members of Byakugan and Sharingan, Konoha, two major pupil families, were randomly assigned to a group. This made everyone outside the venue feel refreshed.
Opposite them, two new figures slowly emerged from the queue.
One is tall and one is short.
The short man walked in front. He was not too tall, and was even a little slender. He had long white hair, and his skin was so pale that it was almost transparent. The face under the mask was not clear, but the innate nobility and death were intertwined in a contradictory yet harmonious way.
He just Earth Flow Earth Flow every step seemed to have been measured with the most precise precision, as elegant as a nobleman walking in the courtyard, but the exposed eyes were empty, as if nothing in the world was worthy of his glance.
Behind him, followed a figure carrying a huge three-edged sickle.
It is Kimimaro codenamed 'Bone' and Hidan codenamed 'Curse'.
Kimimaro was brought to the base through the channel "Food Is Heaven".
Hidan was encountered by base members while doing bounty missions in recent years. After receiving the news from Hidan, Senju Chen went directly to recruit him personally.
The recruitment process is relatively easy. First, give the opponent a good beating, and then tell the opponent that your base can summon the Jashin enshrined by the opponent.
Then this loyal believer of Jashin was kidnapped back by Senju Chen. Yes, one of the 27 Divine Spirit Mask in the base is the Jashin enshrined by Hidan.
Senju Chen looked at the two people on the screen, a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
If we talk about the first three groups of examiners, they are testing the recruits' tactics, coordination and character.
Then this group will be tested on only one thing -
How long can they last in the face of pure, unreasonable, and extreme violence?
"The assessment... begins!"
As the sound of the announcement fell, Tokuma Hyuga and Uchiha Inabi walked into the venue immediately without any hesitation, followed closely by the two White Zetsu Puppet.
"Tokuma, open your eyes!" Uchiha Inabi shouted, and the three Tomoes in his pupils rotated rapidly.
"Understood!"
Tokuma Hyuga Hand Seals With both hands, the veins on the corners of his forehead and eyes suddenly popped out.
"Byakugan!"
A 360-degree panoramic view instantly unfolded, and the flow of Chakra and the opponent's meridian system were nowhere to be seen in his field of vision.
They have learned the lessons of the previous groups. They must distinguish the opponent's body and puppets immediately, and they must not be fooled by such low-level tactical fraud again!
However, the next second, Tokuma Hyuga's expression suddenly changed.
"How could this happen?!" he exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" Uchiha Inabi's heart tightened.
"The flow patterns of... the four of them...Chakra are exactly the same!" Tokuma Hyuga's tone was full of disbelief, "No, that's not right! The bodies of the two examiners, their Chakra flow, are... smoother than the puppets, as smooth as... dead people!"
In Byakugan's field of vision, the two White Zetsu Puppet and Chakra, although simulated to be very similar to the original body, still have a hint of "vitality" unique to White Zetsu.
But the Chakra of the two examiners were as calm as a pool of stagnant water, without any fluctuations!
This completely subverted his understanding!
At the moment when they were shocked, the examiner opposite moved.
There is no Hand Seals, no temptation, not even a nonsense word.
Kimimaro, codenamed 'Bone', took the lead.
His figure disappeared from the place like a ghost.
Too fast!
So fast that even Uchiha Inabi and Three-Tomoe Sharingan can only capture a blurry afterimage!
"Be careful!" Tokuma Hyuga, relying on Byakugan's insight, managed to capture the opponent's trajectory and shouted sharply.
However, it's too late.
Tsk!
A white bone spur burst out of the ground under Uchiha Inabi's feet without warning, piercing his ankle like the most venomous snake!
Dance of the Larch!
"What?!" Uchiha Inabi was shocked and jumped back hastily.
But how could Kimimaro's attack be so simple?
The moment he jumped up, the figure of Kimimaro appeared silently behind him, and at some point there was a bone whip drawn from the spine, shining with a cold light!
"Dance of the Willow!"
Snap!
The bone whip drew an elegant and deadly arc in the air, accurately hitting Uchiha Inabi's back!
On the other side, the Puppet Clone of Kimimaro also used the same posture and the same moves to attack Tokuma Hyuga!
In an instant, the situation on the field changed from 4V4 to a strange dance full of the art of death!
There is no brilliance of Ninjutsu, no roar of Scientific Ninja Tool, only the purest, most primitive and most deadly fighting of Taijutsu!
"Fire Release·Great Fireball Technique!"
"Gentle Fist·Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
Uchiha Inabi and Tokuma Hyuga were controlling their own puppets while trying to use Ninjutsu to distance themselves.
However, in the face of the surging fireball and invisible palm wind, the way Kimimaro and his puppet responded was extremely simple and crude.
Tsk! Tsk!
Two dense and hard bone shields formed by ribs instantly unfolded in front of them.
Boom!
Fireballs and empty palms hit the bone shield hard, but they failed to leave even a single crack!
"How can the opponent's defense be so strong?!" Uchiha Inabi was shocked.